GAU

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

ICAO VEGT26.1067°N 91.5852°E49 m / 162 ftLarge airport
On the map
Borjhar-Airport 9763-
Photo by Abymac, derivative work by Quibitos · Public domain · Commons

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (IATA: GAU, ICAO: VEGT) is a large airport in Guwahati, Assam, India. It opened in 1958. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1958–1958
1958
OpenedLokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 1
02/20023° / 203° · LIT
LENGTH2,743 m9,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

20 destinations · 2 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miDMU · Dimapur Airport · 220 km / 137 miHGI · Itanagar Donyi Polo Hollongi Airport · 226 km / 140 miIXA · Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport · 249 km / 155 miAJL · Lengpui Airport · 273 km / 170 miIMF · Bir Tikendrajit International Airport · 276 km / 171 miDIB · Dibrugarh Airport · 373 km / 232 miIXT · Pasighat Airport · 430 km / 267 miCCU · Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · 498 km / 309 miDGH · Deoghar Airport · 524 km / 326 miBBI · Biju Patnaik International Airport · 878 km / 546 miDEL · Indira Gandhi International Airport · 1,456 km / 905 miJAI · Jaipur International Airport · 1,571 km / 976 miDMK · Don Mueang International Airport · 1,650 km / 1,025 miHYD · Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · 1,678 km / 1,043 miBKK · Suvarnabhumi Airport · 1,680 km / 1,044 miMAA · Chennai International Airport · 1,884 km / 1,171 miAMD · Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · 1,944 km / 1,208 miPNQ · Pune International Airport · 1,997 km / 1,241 miBLR · Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · 2,039 km / 1,267 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 2,071 km / 1,287 miBOMBLRAMDMAABKKHYDJAIDELBBIDGHCCUIXTIMFAJLIXAHGIDMUPNQDIBDMKGAU
Year-round20
DMUDimapur AirportIndia · IndiGo220 km137 miHGIItanagar Donyi Polo Hollongi AirportIndia · IndiGo226 km140 miIXAAgartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram AirportIndia · IndiGo249 km155 miAJLLengpui AirportIndia · IndiGo273 km170 miIMFBir Tikendrajit International AirportIndia · IndiGo276 km171 miDIBDibrugarh AirportIndia · Alliance Air373 km232 miIXTPasighat AirportIndia · Alliance Air430 km267 miCCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportIndia · IndiGo498 km309 miDGHDeoghar AirportIndia · IndiGo524 km326 miBBIBiju Patnaik International AirportIndia · IndiGo878 km546 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air India1,456 km905 miJAIJaipur International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,571 km976 miDMKDon Mueang International AirportThailand · Thai AirAsia1,650 km1,025 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,678 km1,043 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · IndiGo1,680 km1,044 miMAAChennai International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,884 km1,171 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,944 km1,208 miPNQPune International AirportIndia · IndiGo1,997 km1,241 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · IndiGo2,039 km1,267 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · IndiGo2,071 km1,287 mi
Most destinationsIndiGo 17Alliance Air 2Air India 1Thai AirAsia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GAU. From the Wikipedia article “Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,743 m9,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,801of 29,823 · =541 Asia · =56 INElevation49 m162 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,910of 43,341 · #2,077 Asia · #252 INAgeOpened 19582026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,324of 15,079 · =242 Asia · =32 INRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =22 IN
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPAPP123.300
ATISATIS126.600
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.750